The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

The Lincoln Lawyer Synopsis

Mickey Haller (Matthew McConaughey) is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of his career: defending Louis Roulet (Ryan Phillippe), a Beverly Hills playboy accused of rape and attempted murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops into a deadly game of survival for Haller.

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Despite the arrival of the first day of spring, things weren't exactly coming up roses for the box office this weekend. Three new arrivals made mediocre entrances as overall sales continue to slip. Limitless snagged the number one spot with $19 million. That's not terrible news for the movie itself since it's on track to turn a quick profit against a $27 million budget. It is, however, bad news for the box office in general.

Brad Furman’s answer to Michael Connelly’s 500-page The Lincoln Lawyer is to turn the monstrous text into an on-edge, fast-paced, and intense ride. While screenwriter John Romano created a script that is sometimes a little bumpier than we’d like it to be, it’s still riveting and doesn’t disappoint.

Back in 1996 Matthew McConaughey starred as a young, southern lawyer in Joel Schumacher’s A Time To Kill. The turn ended up turning the actor into one of the brightest up-and-coming performers in Hollywood. In the 15 years since it’s mixed bag, McCanaughey finding both highs (Frailty, Tropic Thunder) and lows (How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Failure To Launch).

The courtroom drama genre is one of the richest in film history. From 12 Angry Men to The Verdict, Kramer vs. Kramer to A Few Good Men, some of the greatest stories in the medium have revolved around our legal system. What’s a shame is that this type of movie has all but disappeared from theaters.

Each and every one of us have been in a situation where we’ve been blamed for something we didn’t do. All it takes is to find yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time and all of a sudden you have blood on your hands. For most of us when this happens it’s inconsequential. In the case of Michael Pena’s character in The Lincoln Lawyer, he ends up serving a life sentence.

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Talk to most actors and they’ll tell you that it’s always more fun to play the villain. Thanks to societal rules, most of us have the decency to act civil towards one another, but there’s something freeing about letting your id loose and take control. It’s something that Ryan Phillippe most certainly got to do in his most recent film, Brad Furman’s The Lincoln Lawyer.

To celebrate the movie, and especially the Michael Connelly book it's based on, we're giving away a bunch of prizes related to the film, plus a copy of the book autographed by Connelly, an advanced copy of his new novel The Fifth Witness, and a $50 gift card

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Courtroom dramas used to be one of the greatest sub=genres out there, producing great titles like 12 Angry Men, The Firm, The Verdict, and A Few Good Men, but they have been seriously lacking in recent years. Fortunately Matthew McConaughey has strapped on his lawyer suit for the first time since A Time To Kill and is going to try and bring it back.

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Tommy Lee Jones is in negotiations to direct and co-star in The Lincoln Lawyer which, even though Abraham was indeed a lawyer, has absolutely nothing to do with our 16th president. Instead the film’s name refers to the car